evalml.utils.get_random_seed

evalml.utils.get_random_seed(random_state, min_bound=0, max_bound=2147483647)

Given a numpy.random.RandomState object, generate an int representing a seed value for another random number generator. Or, if given an int, return that int.

To protect against invalid input to a particular library’s random number generator, if an int value is provided, and it is outside the bounds “[min_bound, max_bound)”, the value will be projected into the range between the min_bound (inclusive) and max_bound (exclusive) using modular arithmetic.

Parameters

• random_state (int, numpy.random.RandomState) – random state

• min_bound (None, int) – if not default of None, will be min bound when generating seed (inclusive). Must be less than max_bound.

• max_bound (None, int) – if not default of None, will be max bound when generating seed (exclusive). Must be greater than min_bound.

Returns

seed for random number generator

Return type

int